By Edgardo Avelar
May 10, 2024, 11:14 PM EDT
Closer than ever is the return of Javier Aguirre to the Mexican National Team, either as an advisor to Jaime Lozano or as his assistant in the coaching staff of the Mexican team that will prepare for the 2026 World Cup that will be held in a tripartite manner between Mexico, the United States and Canada, as Duilio Davino, director, hinted at in a press conference. of the national teams.
The option gained more strength in the last hours because Aguirre has not defined whether he will continue in Mallorca and because it has been possible to corroborate that the talks for him to join the Tricolor have increased, especially because Jaime Lozano feels identified with Aguirre’s personality and considers that his experience would add too much to the goals that have been set for the World Cup. of 2026.
The Tricolor leader, without giving names, opened the option of a new member joining the Mexican national team and according to versions close to Jaime Lozano’s coaching staff, both Davino and the Commissioner of the Mexican Football Federation, Juan Carlos “La Bomba” Rodríguez, do not rule out that Aguirre accepts the offer. to join the working group, but without defining their role
Regarding this possibility, Davino said that: “I have mentioned it, that we would go to strengthen the coaching staff and we have done it, we have brought a psychologist, 2 teachers, 2 physiotherapists, and surely someone will come later and it is Jaime (Lozano)’s decision for him to decide, and the name he decides will be presented at the time.”
It should be noted that at the time Ricardo La Volpe was considered to form a council of advisors, but it ended up being ruled out. because the Argentine strategist wanted more work as an observer on the field of play and to be able to tell him what observations he considered Jaime Lozano, but the personality of the Mexico national team strategist did not click with the coach who led the Aztec team in the World Cup. of Germany 2006.
Javier Aguirre has extensive experience as a player and as a coach in the Mexican team, being part of the team that competed in the 1986 World Cup under the orders of Serbian Bora Milutinovic and later As technical director he took charge of the representative tricolor in the World Cups in Korea and Japan 2002 and South Africa 2010.
So it will be in the next few days when It is possible to know if Aguirre joins the coaching staff from the two functions that have been handled o Lozano opts for another collaborator that he completely trusts, since the managers consider that the advisor he has must fit in as the top person in charge of the Aztec team.
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